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Hello sweethearts! Hope your summer has been warm and sunny so far. 


I've managed to rent a studio with some of my school mates. There's a lot to do with the space and so much to learn now that all the materials and tools aren't handed for us by the school. But it's a start. An important one.


It's been too long since I've been painting. At times I find it hard to believe I'm an artist. After all you become something by doing it, not talking about it. But this compulsory break is still about to continue for a month - next week me and my darling are heading to Eastern Europe. I hope I'll return with lots of new energy and eagerness for work.

From me to you

Why do so many things look so good on a dark 

background? Card by Martta Wendelin.

Holes in the cheese

There are misfortunes in life, big ones and small ones. A rather small one would be that all the apple blossoms fell down before I got a picture of them. But as a wise man, Esko Valtaoja has said: "Misfortunes in life are like holes in the cheese. You won't mind them when you're eating." Apple blossoms will be there next year once again.


And if you want to forget about the cheese and the holes you can try these sandwiches: rye bread, some mayo, lettuce, eggs and a hint of salt. Yummy!

Tape Craze

There has been some fuzzing about those Japanese 

tapes in Finnish blogs and mags lately. So I had to 

get some of my own too! Oh how I dream about big 

blank walls and collages... But for the 

time being these sweeties will help me to make 

some pretty envelopes.

Seeing yellow again

My favourite summer colour.

Summer bag

I love this vintage bag I found for summer! 

It might seem pretty small but there's even 

room for a water bottle - or an umbrella.

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Made some whipped lingonberry porridge. The girl in the last picture has been on the side of the semolina package for as long as I remember. Last Saturday I did some flea market shopping and found that lovely dish of the second pic - there's always room for one little adorable cup...


Last week was so warm and summerly! Our graduation exhibition is over and now I'm just waiting for my diploma. I'm eagerly looking for a studio so I could continue painting. It's strange to work so hard with something for the whole year and then suddenly there's even not a place to keep doing it anymore. But I'm hopeful.


I feel that something should be done with this blog too - been wondering about the meaning of this quite a lot lately. Maybe it's just some little thing with the appearance, maybe something more radical.